Skip to main content

Summertime Sweet Tea Recipe for Your Family

Stay hydrated this summer with this delicious and easy Southern Sweet Tea recipe.

Summertime Sweet Tea Recipe for Your Family

A glass of cold sweet tea is just what the doctor ordered on a hot day, and with Stanley's 2-gallon Adventure Fast Flow Water Jug you can make plenty of tea to share. (Jessyca Sortillon photo)

With just a few ingredients and a large, well-built container, you can easily make and serve two gallons of ice-cold sweet tea at your next backyard get-together. Stanley's 2-gallon Adventure Fast Flow Water Jug is the perfect container to use for this sweet tea recipe. The jug's double-wall foam insulation will keep your tea cold for hours, and its high-flow spigot makes serving the tea a breeze.

Only want to make one gallon? No problem. Halve the ingredients in this recipe to make one gallon of tea.

Yield: 2 gallons
Prep time: 15 minutes
Brew time: 3-5 minutes


Ingredients:

  • 2 gallons (or 32 cups) cold water
  • 32 regular tea bags (or 8 family size tea bags)
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1-2 lemons, sliced thin
  • Ice


Directions:

  1. In a large pot, bring 16 cups of water to a boil. Remove from heat. (Note: If you don’t have a large enough pot, you can boil the water in two separate pots.)
  2. Tie tea bags together and add them to the hot water. (If using two pots, split the tea bags evenly between the pots.)
  3. Let the tea steep for 3-5 minutes, depending on how strong you like your tea. Remove tea bags. Don’t steep your tea for too long (over 5 minutes) or it will have a bitter taste.
  4. Stir sugar into tea until it has completely dissolved.
  5. Pour tea mixture into a 2-gallon container. Add remaining 16 cups cold water; stir.
  6. Allow sweet tea to cool before pouring over ice. Garnish with a slice of lemon if desired.

GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing.

Recommended Articles

Recent Videos

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Recipes

Wild Turkey Noodle Soup Recipe

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Fishing

Bass Crash Course: The Sidearm Cast

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Fishing

Bass Crash Course: How to Properly Tune a Baitcasting Rig

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Fishing

Baitcaster Basics: The Overhead Cast

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Gear

Winchester Big Bore: Backcountry Bear Protection

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Guns

Ruger American Now Chambered in 7mm PRC

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Guns

Classic Marlin: 336 and 1894 Lever-Action Hunting Rifles

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Learn

NWTF's Passion for Wild Turkey Conservation Still Burns After 50 Years

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Gear

First Look: Leupold's BX-4 Range HD Rangefinding Binos

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Gear

Browning's Max Point, Silver Series Rifle Ammunition

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Gear

New Hunting Ammo from Remington: 360 Buckhammer

Browning's Rafę Nielsen shares details on the new X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan hunting rifle  with Game & Fish Editorial ...
Guns

New from Browning: X-Bolt Pro LR McMillan

Game & Fish Magazine Covers Print and Tablet Versions

GET THE MAGAZINE Subscribe & Save

Digital Now Included!

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Give a Gift   |   Subscriber Services

PREVIEW THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

Buy Digital Single Issues

Magazine App Logo

Don't miss an issue.
Buy single digital issue for your phone or tablet.

Buy Single Digital Issue on the Game & Fish App

Other Magazines

See All Other Magazines

Special Interest Magazines

See All Special Interest Magazines

Phone Icon

Get Digital Access.

All Game & Fish subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content. This means you have the option to read your magazine on most popular phones and tablets.

To get started, click the link below to visit mymagnow.com and learn how to access your digital magazine.

Get Digital Access

Not a Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Enjoying What You're Reading?

Get a Full Year
of Guns & Ammo
& Digital Access.

Offer only for new subscribers.

Subscribe Now